Is genital herpes contagious

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During this period of time, I don't know what's going on. After that, I had a genital examination, and the examination results showed that it was genital herpes. The doctor prescribed the medicine on that day, and now I'm taking the medicine to recuperate. Let's talk about the infectivity of genital herpes.

Is genital herpes contagious

First of all: genital herpes is a sexually transmitted disease mainly transmitted by sexual life, more than 90% of patients are transmitted through sexual life, so it is a kind of sexually transmitted disease that can be transmitted.

Second: dirty sex, this is the preferred route of transmission of genital herpes is sexual contact, because research shows that more than 90% of the transmission is through sexual contact, bad sexual behavior can lead to genital herpes.

Finally: indirect transmission, in a certain temperature, even if the herpes simplex virus left the human body, it also has a certain survival time, so we should also pay attention to the indirect transmission of genital herpes, that is, we should pay attention not to share a bath towel and other private goods with people suffering from genital herpes.

matters needing attention

It has effect on infants. Genital herpes virus is not fatal to adults, but pregnant women with herpes may transmit the virus to their newborns during childbirth. This can damage the brain of the newborn, and even take the baby's life.